Kana zvasvika kuAtlanta's yakarongwa 90 miriyoni nzvimbo yekudzidzisa mapurisa, inodaidzwa kunzi "Cop City," mutsigiri wepurojekiti isingabatsiri, Atlanta Police Foundation, yave nenguva ichishomeka, kutengeserana nesimba rezvematongerwo enyika kutsigira zvirevo zvisingafungidzike uku vachichengeta veruzhinji. rima. Muna 2021, Atlanta City Council yakabvumidza kurenjiswa kwenzvimbo yeveruzhinji yeIntrenchment Creek Park, inozivikanwa nevaratidziri seWeelaunee Sango, kuPolice Foundation iyo yaive yakazara nemibvunzo isina kupindurwa uye zvisizvo.
Mumuenzaniso unotaurira, Police Foundation yanga ichinetseka nezve marongero airi kuita kuzadzisa zvinodikanwa zvegreenspace zvakatsanangurwa mukurenda, nekuzvidavirira kudiki kubva kuvakuru vakasarudzwa nekuda kwekukanganisa uye nhema chaidzo. Semamiriro ekugamuchira mvumo yekuvhiringidza nyika, Police Foundation yaifanira kuratidza kuti imwe nhamba yemaeka e greenspace yaizoiswa parutivi kuti ishandiswe nevanhu.
Semutori wenhau John Ruch akanyora zvakanyanya, Police Foundation pakutanga akati kuchengetedza nhamba yemahekita isingagoneke nemasvomhu: Huwandu hwemaeka akatsaurirwa kunzvimbo yakasvibira yakawedzerwa nehuwandu hwemaeka enzvimbo yekuvakisa yakapfuura saizi yese yekurenda. Police Foundation yakazoburitsa mamepu kuratidza zvinhu zvisina hukama sechikamu chenzvimbo inodiwa yegirini.
Nharaunda yakatenderedza inomira pajecha rinoshanduka sezvo DeKalb County neGuta reAtlanta vakuru vanonzvenga mibvunzo nezve chirongwa ichi. Panyaya dzakakosha, dzakaita sekuti hurongwa hwekupfura hweCop City huchadzivirirwa sei kudzikamisa zvinokanganisa nzvimbo inochengeterwa vechidiki nenharaunda yakatenderedza, Veterans Against Cop City murongi Jaye C., uyo akakumbira kuti azivikanwe chete nezita rake rekutanga nerekupedzisira. , haana chokwadi chekuti vakuru vakuru vakaita ongororo. โHatizivi,โ akadaro Zvakashata panyaya yekudzivirira inzwi. โHavazive. Hapana anoziva, uye hapana ari kuziva."
Muna 2021, Atlanta City Council vakagadzira bhodhi remazano kuchirongwa chinodaidzwa kuti Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC). Zvakabva zvaoneka kuti muviri uyu waizova usina mazino uye wakavanda. CSAC yaive kurambidzwa kupinda kuchikumbiro chemvumo yekuvhiringwa kwevhu. Zvikurukuru kuvhiyiwa muchivande, kuita misangano pasina chiziviso chevanhu uye pasina shanduro yeruzhinji yemaminitsi, zvichiita kuti pave nemibvunzo pamusoro pekuti komiti yakatyora mutemo weGeorgia Open Meetings Act.
Lily Ponitz, nhengo yekomisheni inopokana, akabviswa mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kujeka, zvichida zvine chokuita kutyora kwake kurambidzwa kwenhau kushoropodza pachena kusawirirana pakati pechirongwa chesaiti uye kudzidza kwezvakatipoteredza, kusanganisira kutaura na Zvakashata's Candice Bernd panyaya iyi. (Iyo Georgia First Amendment Foundation akati kurambidzwa kwevezvenhau kungangotyora kodzero dzenhengo dzekomisheni dzakasununguka dzekutaura.) CSAC takapedzisira kusangana muna Kubvumbi; hazvina kujeka kuti muviri uchiripo here. Meya weAtlanta akadaidza dare repiri, panguva ino ine slate yakafara yevanobatanidzwa, kunyangwe paine kujeka kushoma pamusoro pekuti sei kana kuti iyo Police Foundation ichabatanidza sei mapindiro ayo.
Kunyangwe vatungamiriri vakasarudzwa vanochengetwa murima kana zvasvika kuCop City. Mutapi wenhau paakabvunza nezvekutora mvumo yekuvhiringidza nyika, vakuru vehurumende vakati kusava nekopi. DeKalb County kuronga vakuru akaonekwa ndisingazivi kuti kuchekwa kwaiitwa kusvika vaudzwa nezvichemo.
Mamiriro evaratidziri akajeka: Havana kufarira kushamwaridzana nemabhodhi evanopa mazano akapihwa basa rekugadzirisa zvibodzwa zvepurojekiti yavanoramba zvizere. Kana vapihwa mukana, zvakadaro, varatidziri nenhengo dzenharaunda dzakabatana vanouya panguva dzekutaura neruzhinji mumapoka. Muna Chikumi, apo Atlanta City Council yakavhotera kana kubvumidza kuwedzera bhajeti kuCop City, kupfuura Vanhu 300 vakanyoresa kuti vataure uye mazana evamwe akadzingwa. Vamwe vatsigiri yakasvika maawa kare kuvimbiswa mukana wekutaura. Pakupera kwe 12 maawa anotyisa euchapupu, nevakawanda zvikuru vanopesana nenzvimbo yekudzidzira, kanzuru yeguta yakapasa bhajeti yekuwedzera zvakadaro.
Kunyangwe izvi zvipingamupinyi, vanhu vekuGeorgia vanoramba vachiuya kuzotaura neveruzhinji, pazvinhu zvikuru nezvidiki. Iyo DeKalb County Commission inosangana bimonthly panguva yebasa; Cop City vanopikisa vanokurumidza kunyoresa kuti vataure. Nguva pfupi yadarika, Komisheni yanga ichifunga nezvekuvhurazve zvikamu zveIntrenchment Creek Park zvisina kubatwa nekuvakwa kweCop City uye chimwe chirongwa chebudiriro chinotungamirwa neShadowbox Studios. Varatidziri vane kushushikana pamusoro pechirongwa ichi; zvinoonekwa sezvishoma, kunonoka, uye hurongwa hwekuvaka nzira itsva ine njodzi inodaidza varatidziri kuti "Mbuya Muti," muoki unoremekedzwa une zvinobvira nhoroondo yemhemberero kukosha kune vakadzingwa nechisimba veIndigenous Mvskoke.
Mutauriri weDeKalb County Commission haana kupindura ZvakashataChikumbiro chekutaura pamusoro pekupokana neveruzhinji kunzvimbo yekudzidzira uye vakaramba kupa huwandu hwevanoenda kuti vataure.
Pakutaura kweveruzhinji musi waChikumi 27, mugari weDeKalb County, Laura Kerns, akataura kushushikana kwake nemaitiro asina kujeka ekuita sarudzo. โTiri kubvunza mibvunzo uye hatisi kuwana mhinduro,โ akadaro muuchapupu hwake. โTinonzwa, kutaura chokwadi, setiri kusekwa. Chatinonyanyoda kugara patafura.โ
Kufarira Kwakakwirira Pasinei Nezvipingamupinyi zveReferendum
Kutarisana nehurongwa husingagoneki hwepamutemo, Atlantans vakatora zvinhu mumaoko avo. Chinhu chidiki-chinoshandiswa cheGeorgia Bumbiro inobvumidza vavhoti kuramba sarudzo dzakaitwa nehurumende dzenzvimbo kana vakaunganidza masaini akakwana pachikumbiro chekuisa chiyero pavhoti.
Stop Cop City varatidziri vane basa rinotyisa pamberi pavo: 70,000 masiginicha anodiwa kuisa kurambwa kwePolice Foundation lease pavhoti, inova dzinenge nhamba yevanhu vakavhota mukupera kwameya. Mazana avanhu akanyoresa savazvipiri apo gadziriro yacho yakaziviswa, uye zviuru zvevamwe zvakakumbira kuziviswa apo chikumbiro chakanga chiripo chokusaina.
Mukati menguva pfupi, iyo ichangobva kugadzirwa Vote to Stop Cop City yakawana rutsigiro rwemari uye yakaita $50,000. Bucking maonero ekufamba, the yakawanda yemari yakaunganidzwa yakabva mukati meGeorgia. Ipo mushandirapamwe uyu uri kuhaya vanobhadhara vanobhadhara, simba rakawanda rinobva kune vanhu vakatopinda mubato reStop Cop City. Muvhiki yekutanga, chikumbiro chakaunganidzwa anenge 10,000 masiginicha. Wachi iri kufamba: Varatidziri vane kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 15 kuti vatore anodiwa zviuru makumi manomwe emasaini.
Zvakawanda zvinhu zvinorambidza uye kusarura vanhu muAtlanta uye mhiri kweUnited States zvinokanganisa kuedza kwekukumbira. Pane rimwe boka panguva yechitanhatu ye "Vhiki Yekuita" vachipesana neCop City, varongi venguva refu vakataura kuti mumakumi emakore anoverengeka apfuura, vanhu vazhinji Vatema vakatemerwa mutengo kunze kweguta. Vanhu chete vanogara mukati meguta reAtlanta vakanyoreswa kuvhota muna Gumiguru 2021 vanogona kusaina chikumbiro ichi, chisingabatanidzi kuwanda kutsva kwevagari vakabatikana uye vaimbove vagari vemuAtlanta vakamanikidzwa kubuda nechisimba. Mushure mekuputika kwekutanga kwechido, kuunganidza masiginecha inogona kunge iri nzira refu.
Ndakamaka pamwe chete neVote to Stop Cop City volunteer canvassers imwe Chishanu mukupera kwaJune. Hazel, mushambadzi akakumbira kuzivikanwa nezita rake rekutanga, akaratidza kushushikana kuti kunyangwe achigara muAtlanta kwemakore akati wandei, akatanga kugara zviri pamutemo akanonoka kusaina chikumbiro ichi. Mushure mekunge vadzika musasa kunze kweCVS, varindi vakakumbira vaivhota kuti vatamire kune imwe nzvimbo. Kutaura zviri pamutemo, vangadai vakamira zvakasimba, asi, sokutaura kwakaita Hazel, โHatidi nhema dzakashata.โ
Sezvo maAtlantans aifamba, vavhoti vakabvunza nezve chinzvimbo chavo sevagari veFulton County nevavhoti. Vanhu vakawanda vakamira kuti vataure vakatadza kusaina chikumbiro chacho. Vanhu vaviri vakanga vabatwa nemhosva uye naizvozvo vakasabatanidzwa. (MuGeorgia, vanhu vakatongerwa mhosva handikwanise kuvhota kutozosvikira vapedza kuregererwa uye kuvharirwa.) โHandigoni kuvhota,โ akadaro mumwe murume Mutema akaodzwa mwoyo. โZvikasadaro, ndaizosaina.โ
Vamwe vanhu vaifamba napo vakanga vasingakodzeri nekuti vaigara pedyo neDeKalb County, kwete mukati meAtlanta chaiyo. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, DeKalb County vagari vakamhan'arira kuti vabvumidzwe kusaina gwaro renyunyuto, vachiti vanofanirwa kuve nezwi mukuita zvisarudzo pamusoro penzvimbo yekudzidzira mapurisa, sezvo iri kuvakwa mudunhu ravo. Parizvino, zvakadaro, vagari vakanyanya kukanganiswa havana kubatanidzwa zvachose mukuita referendamu.
Ipapo pane kutya kunobatanidzwa nekusaina chikumbiro. Mumwe munhu akataura kushushikana nezve "kuva pane imwe mhando yekunyoresa." Mapurisa ekunze akatenderedza Stop Cop City kufamba akatoisa parutivi varatidziri uye vanhu vakaora mwoyo kubva pakuratidzira kusvika pakuratidzira. Kana mapurisa matatu eherikoputa achitenderera pamusoro pevanhu gumi nemumwe vachiimba padivi penzira, chero chiitiko chine chekuita nekurwira kumisa Cop Guta chinofungidzirwa kuti chaunza imwe njodzi. Mumwe murwiri akataura nehasha Zvakashata kuti mapurisa "ane shasha pakuita kuti zvinhu zvepamutemo zviite sezviri kunze kwemutemo."
Musi waChikunguru 7, iyo Atlanta Community Press Collective Zvinonzi kuti peji reFacebook remunharaunda ririkukurukura nzira yekuvharisa vanhu kuti vasatenderedza zvichemo zvakamaka Kanzura weGuta Dustin Hillis. Hillis akayambira kufonera mapurisa eAtlanta kuti vafambisi vezvichemo vaenderere mberi nemusangano wakarongwa mupaki yemubatanidzwa wevaridzi vedzimba. Vatsigiri veCop City vanogona kukwevera pasimba rakazara renyika kukanganisa referendamu kusunda uye, nemumiriri, demokrasi pachayo.
Kunyangwe kana kuedza kuwana referendamu kuvhota kwakabudirira, hapana vimbiso yekuti sarudzo yacho ichaenda nenzira ipi. Anogara kwenguva refu muAtlanta David Patrie anoda hutongi hwejekerere asi anoti kana nguva yesarudzo yasvika, achavhotera chirongwa ichi. โChokwadi, ndichasaina chikumbiro. Ini ndinotsigira kuti Cop City ive pavhoti, asi ndicharamba ndichiivhotera.โ Canvasser vanoudza vanhu vanopikisa uye vanofarira Cop City zvakafanana kusaina chikumbiro. "Kunyangwe kana mumwe munhu ari, quote-unquote, asiri kudivi redu, vanofanirwa kusaina chikumbiro uye vawane mukana wekuvhota," Hazel akadaro. "Inyaya yedemokrasi."
Vakuru Voramba Democratic Referendum
Musangano wevatori venhau unokokwa nehofisi yameya unopa tarisiro inoshungurudza yekumwe kuramba zviri pamutemo chirongwa chingangosangana nacho. Paakabvunzwa mubvunzo nezvereferendamu, Meya weAtlanta, Andre Dickens, akapokana nezve kutendeseka kwekuedza kwereferendamu, akamira achangopedza kurambwa kwesarudzo.
"Chero munhu anogona kuyedza kuti chikumbiro chienderere mberi uye kuti atore masiginecha anodiwa," Dickens akadaro. โTinokumbira kuti vaite izvi nekutendeka uye chokwadi. Unganidza masiginecha kubva kuvanhu chaivo, uchigovera chokwadi chezvavari kutsvaga kuita. โฆ Ini pachangu handitendi kuti vachabudirira.โ
Vanounganidza zvichemo vanotarisira nyaya kana yasvika nguva yekusimbisa masiginecha. Padanho rega rega rekuita kusvika pari zvino, Atlanta yakapinda mukuedza kusiririsa kwemutemo kukanganisa maitiro edemokrasi. Munyori weguta Vanessa Waldon aramba kana kunonoka kubvumidzwa kwechikumbiro ichi katatu, imwe neimwe pahunyanzvi, mbiri dzaive mastaira akawanda anodiwa pane zvinodiwa nemutemo.
Chinhu chimwe chete, mutsara wevashambadzi kuti vapupurire kusaina, yaifanira kupihwa nehofisi yemabharani weguta, kwete vagadziri vepetisheni. Zuva nezuva guta rainonoka kuverengerwa mazuva 60 akagoverwa nemutemo kuti atore masiginecha epetition. Vote to Stop Cop City varongi vakafanirwa kumhan'arira mabharani weguta kuti apihwe gwaro remandamus kuti vamanikidze kufambira mberi kwechikumbiro chekubvumidza.
Parallel Movement Tactics
Vamwe varatidziri vari kushushikana kuti shanduko yezvematongerwo enyika inogona kupedza simba kubva kune mamwe mativi ebato. Mumwe muratidziri akakumbira kusazivikanwa, achitaura nezve akati wandei epamhepo anarchist manifestos, akakurudzira kuti referendamu inogona kutsausa vanhu vangangoita mhirizhonga. โHandifarire kufembera remangwana, asi ndinoshora nyaya yesarudzo,โ vanodaro. "Ini ndinofunga zvakawanda zvekuchinja kubva pakutya." Vainetsekana kuti, kunyangwe referendamu yakabudirira kudzoreredza kubvumidzwa kwechirendi, Atlanta inogona kuenderera mberi nehurongwa zvakadaro. "Kune zviitiko zvakawanda zvemafuta emafuta emafuta uye maindasitiri ekutema matanda kuvaka pombi kana kucheka sango kunyangwe zvisiri pamutemo."
Mafungiro akanyanya pakati pevaratidziri, zvakadaro, anoramba achiti referendamu imwe nzira yekukunda mukurwisa Cop City kana kuratidzira chete kukundikana.
"Maonero angu ndeekuti referendamu ichaunza vanhu vazhinji kubva muguta rese kuti vaite chimwe chinhu chiri nyore," akadaro mumwe murwiri asina kuda kudomwa nezita. "Ndinovimba kuti, kutanga nekutsvaga uye kudhonzwa mubato, inogona kunge iri pfari inogona kukura kuita nzira dzakasiyana."
Vote to Stop Cop City yakaburitsa chirevo mukubatana nekuratidzira uye kuita kwakananga, ichinyora kuti: "Nzvimbo yedu mubato revanhu vachipokana nemauto, mhirizhonga yemapurisa, uye kudzvanyirirwa kwehurumende inoda hukama hwekutaura uye hunoshanda nehunyanzvi hwese munzira ino yekusununguka pamwe chete. โ
Kuratidzira kunoita basa rakakosha mubato reStop Cop Guta. Pasina zviito zveboka diki revakazvitsaurira Sango Defenders mumazuva ekutanga, gakava pamusoro peCop City ringadai risina kumbosvika pachiitiko chenyika. Kuratidzira uye Mavhiki eChiito anokwevera vatsigiri uye kutarisisa kutariswa nevezvenhau. Kuratidzira - uye kunyanya, kudzvinyirirwa kwemapurisa kwevaratidziri - kunochengeta Cop City munhau uye pane radar yezvakatipoteredza, kodzero dzekuratidzira uye masangano anorwira rusununguko munyika yose. Asi, kana varatidziri vakasungwa uye vachinzi magandanga, kuiswa kwemamwe maitiro kunowedzera kuti ndiani anokwanisa kutora chikamu mukurwa.
Referendamu inopa imwe nzira, uye muzviitiko zvakawanda imwe yekuwedzera, nzira yekurwisa Cop City. Vanhu vakaodzwa moyo kubva pakuratidzira nekusungwa kwakawanda vachipomerwa mhosva dzehugandanga vanogona kupinda mumigwagwa vachitsvaga, chero vachigara mukati meguta reAtlanta. Kune vagari vemuAtlanta, referendamu ndeye kumukira "iyo Atlanta Way.โ Kurambwa kwezvibvumirano zvekumashure uye zvematongerwo enyika zvisingapindure vagari veko kazhinji (uye zvakakodzera) kushora.
Pakati pekudzvinyirirwa kwevaratidziri uye ruzivo rwusina ruzivo rwakatenderedza chirongwa ichi, kuedza kwereferendamu kurwira kugadzira demokrasi yenzvimbo inozvidavirira kuvanhu. Vachiregeredzwa mukutaura kweveruzhinji uye nekunyimwa vakuru vehurumende vanoteerera, vagari vemuAtlanta vari kutora nyaya mumaoko avo. Zvisinei nemhedzisiro, referendamu inotsiura kuramba kwevakuru vakasarudzwa kuita nyaya dzenharaunda dzakatenderedza Cop City. Kana Atlanta City Council ikasazviita, kana DeKalb County ikasazviita, vanhu vachazviita.
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